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Then they were not good engineers. I have found that illiterate communication by engineers leads to lost efficiency and possible injury or death. Engineers focus much of their effort on communication. They are not necessarily the best writers but it is wrong to classify engineers with such a brush.

A sloppy engineer is an accident waiting to happen.

That was the essence of my post. They are not necessarily the best writers.

I didn't say, or even imply, that that's my population view of engineers. I just said I've known lots of guys like that. And I have. I don't think that's using a "brush".

One of my jobs was sprucing up their work for proposals. We never had a problem with "possible injury or death". Those guys knew what they were doing, and I never questioned their work, because I'm not an engineer. They let me do my work because they trusted me to do what I do, without looking over my shoulder.

I'd pass along your comment about them not being good engineers because they got spelling or syntax wrong on occasion, but I hold them in higher esteem than that.

Your assertion in this regard is laughable, pathetic and regrettable. It may be your experience, but then, maybe your experience has been with the bad engineers.

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[OmahaFields]

Your assertion in this regard is laughable, pathetic and regrettable. It may be your experience, but then, maybe your experience has been with the bad engineers.

Maybe my experience has been with good engineers. When you work with good engineers, you know how to spot a bad one.

Signed, A good engineer looking out for your needs, comfort and safety.